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Section 36. Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest

BNSS · ARREST OF PERSONS
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Every police officer while making an
arrest shall—
(a)bear an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name which will facilitate easy identification;
(b)prepare a memorandum of arrest which shall be—
(i)attested by at least one witness, who is a member of the family of the person arrested or a respectable member of the locality where the arrest is made;
(c)inform the person arrested, unless the memorandum is attested by a member of his family, that he has a right to have a relative or a friend or any other person named by him to be informed of his arrest.

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